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To: Chispas who wrote (35406)	8/15/2005 9:32:45 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Mr. Diesel was also going to license his patent to the British Royal Navy, and Germany wasn't too keen on that... Legend has it that either the German Imperial Army killed him, or the oil cartel of the time. 'In his bio-oil solution, Diesel provided a technological and energy choice for the consumer that made integrating petroleum needless, and cut into these monopoly profits. After his death, these ideas died with him, and the Diesel engine was engineered to only run on petroleum due to the rapid development of the fossil oil industry, which produced a cheaper diesel.'